Fruit-jar holder.



-P.ROTH.

FRUIT JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ILILY IB, I9I1- 1 73,096. Patented July 16, 1918.

I INVENTOR WITNESSES PEI: 62; R0 Zh ATTO R N EY PETER- RO'IH, OF NEWSALEM, NORTH DAKOTA.

FRUIT-JAR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1917. Serial No. 181,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER ROTH, a cltizen of the United States, residingat New Salem, in the county of Morton and State of North Dakota, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in FruitJar Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to fruit jar holders and it consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder of simple and durablestructure which is adapted to securely retain a jar against turningduring the operation of removing the top or cover from the same, theparts being so arranged as to protect the hands of the operator bypreventing them from being out by coming in contact with the top whilethe same is being unscrewed from the jar.

lVith this object in view the holder comprises a pliable met-allicbandadapted to be placed around the body of the jar, the said band beingprovided at its inner surface with a rubber or elastic strip adapted tohave contact with the surface of the jar whereby the band is heldagainst slipping with relation to the same. Semi-cylindrical handles areattached to the ends of the band and the ends of the said handles areconnected with a U-shaped spring strip. Blocks are secured in theintermediate portions of the handles and are adapted to have contactwith each other when the handles are brought together thus preventingthe said handles from being crushed or distorted when the device is inuse.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holderapplied to a jar;

Fig. '2 is an edge elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same cut on the line 33of Fig. 2.

The jar holder comprises a pliable band 1 of sheet metal which isadapted to be placed around the body of a jar. A strip 2 of rubber orsimilar material is attached to the inner surface of the band 1 and isadapted to have contact with the periphery of the jar whereby the holderis prevented from slipping with'relation to the jar when in operation,Semi-cylindrical handles 3 are attached at one end to the ends of theband 1 and normally converge toward each other. The intermediateportions ofthe handles 3 are filled with blocks 1 preferably of wood andthe blocks are adapted to come in contact with each other when thedevice is in use thus preventing the handles from being crushed ordistorted. The ends of the handles 3 opposite those ends which areconnected with the band 1 are connected together by means of resilientU-shaped metallic strips 5. The said strip 5 is under tension with atendency to normally hold the ends of the handles 3 which are connectedwith the band 1 spaced from each other.

In operation the band 1 is placed around the body of a jar and thehandles 3 are grasped and forced toward each other whereby the strip 2is brought in frictional contact with the surface of the jar and theblocks 1 are brought together. Thus the jar is held against turningmovement and the operator using one hand for accomplishing this. lViththe other hand the operator may easily unscrew the top or cover from thear without danger of cutting that hand which is holding the jar againstturning movement.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, it will be seen that a jar holder of simple anddurable structure is provided and that the same may be conveniently usedto advantage for holding a jar while removing the top or covertherefrom.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A jar holdercomprising relatively rigid handles, a pliable metallic arcuate bandattached at its ends to the handles at one end thereof, an arcuateresilient strip attached at its ends to the other ends of the handles,the ends of the band being spaced apart for a greater distance than theends of the strip whereby the handles normally converge toward eachother from the band to the strip, the band being of greater diameterthan the strip, said band and strip serving as the only means whichattach with the handles, thereby leaving an unobstructed space be tweenthe handles which leads at the ends of the handles into the spaceswithin the band and the strip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER ROTH.

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Washington, D. G.

